Signal.



J. KERTESZ.

SIGNAL.

APPLIGATION FILED' 00T. 1o, 1913.

lll 3p52 Patented July M, i914.

wif/naamw JUHN KEBTSZ, OF WOODBRIDG-E, NEVI' JERSEY.

SIGNAL.

License.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14E, 1914.

Application led October 10, 1913. Serial No. 794,447.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that lf, JOHN Knnfrnsz, a subjectof the King of Hungary, residing at `Woodbridge, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of New Jersey, have invented'certain new and usefullmprovements in Signals, 4of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements insignals, and relates more specifically to an indicating signal adaptedfor use on automobiles and like vehicles for indicating to otherautomobiles, vehicles, or pedestrians, the direction it is intended totake by the driver of the automobile bearing the indicating signal.

Vlhe indicatingsignal forming the subject matter of this invention isparticularly designed to indicate to approaching automo biles, othervehicles, or pedestrians, the direction which the automobile carryingthe signal intends to take, and althuogh herein shown as applied to thefront of anautomobile, so as to give the indication to approachingvehicles or pedestrians, yet may 'be readily adapted to give theindicating signal to following vehicles.

p The invention comprises a suitable box or casing divided intoindependent compartments, in each .of which is located an indicatingsignal, each compartment of the'boX or casing also having a lamptherein, preferably of the incandescent type, and which is readilycontrolled by the driver from his seat, so that either lamp may belighted at will, and a signal or indication given indicating thedirection which the driver intends to take.

ln describing the invention in detail, reference willbe had to theaccompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, and whereinlike numerals of reference will be employed to designate like partsthroughout the different views, in which Figure 1 is a view in frontelevation of an automobile equipped with my improved indicating signal.Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation of an automobile partly broken away,the signal box or casing being in longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of' the indicating signal in accordance with myinvention, the box or casing being partly broken away and partly insection, and, Fig. 1 is a detail fragmentary view of a modified form ofthe indicating, signal.

To put my invention into practice, ll provide a box or casing 5, thesides, top, and bottom of which are of opaque material, preferably beingconstructed of sheet tin or light-weight sheet metal. rlhis box orcasing is dared, the forward end thereof being desirably considerablywider than the rear end, andl the interior thereof is divided bv acentral partition 6, forming independent compartments 7 within such boxor casing.

ln the rear end of the box is a suitable lamp block or base 8, in whichare mounted the incandescent lamps 9, one lamp in each compartment 7.Circuit wires 10 lead from these lamps through a pipe 11 mounted on topof the hood 12 of the automobile to switch blocks 14 of the usual typeand having the usual buttons or knobsl. These switchblocks 14 arelocated on the dashboard 16 of the automobile, where the buttons orknobs .15 may be easily reached by the driver or operator ofthe car soas to turn on or olf the lights as desired.

With the construction shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the front walls 17 ofthe compartments are of transparent material as glass or the like, anddirectly back of these transparent ends or walls 17 is an indicatingsignal 18, desirably in the form of a hand with the first finger of thehands in the yseparate compartments pointing in opposite directions,such indicating signal being of an opaque nature.

lnstead of making the entire front walls 17 transparent, l may make thesame opaque as shown at 19 in Fig. t, and make the portion 20constituting the signal transparent, which will give the stime effect asthe structure shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

dhen the driver or operator of an automobile equipped with an indicatingsignal.

as herein described approaches an intersectino` street and intends toturn toward the lefpt, he will 'turn the button 15 controlling thecircuit to the lamp at the left hand side, which will light up that lampand thus give notice to approaching vehicles or pedestrians/as to thedirection which he intends to take. Similarly, if he intends to turntoward the right at such intersecting street, he will turn the button orknob 15 controlling the lamp in the right hand compartment, so as to'give the desired indicating signal. After having served their desiredpurpose, the lamps may be turned of until it is again desired to give asignal. lt will be'understood that the lamps are in circuit with asuitable ipe source of electrical supply, the nature of which Will ofcourse depend upon the automobile equipment to which the indicatingsignal is applied.

What I claim as new is v A signal device comprising a box consisting ofan opaque top and bottom, opaque side walls outwardly inclined inopposite directions, and having their top edges inclined downward'l fromfront to rear and their bottom edges inclined upward from front to rear,a longitudinal partition disposed oentrally between said sides,corresponding in shape to said sides to provide two compartments fiaredat their front ends, 15 said sides, top and bottom having integral rearextensions forming the rear end of the JUHN KERT SZ.

Witnesses:

RUszxAI FoRsET, Jr., FoRsET RUSZKAI, Sn

